Not everyone understands what it’s like to go trick-or-treating with a child who’s still learning to talk, but if you’re prepared, the day may go better than you expect and your child will have fun! If you’d like, go with a group so it’s less obvious your child is still learning to talk. Practice what will […]

It started in my basement. Each stuffed animal would sit on top of the ping pong table waiting to find out if they passed the spelling quiz. Beary could never spell “because” correctly and would have to stay after school to get some more help. Words were never his thing. Luckily for him, they were […]

Being a mom is hard. I walk a tightrope between being fun, supportive, nice and firm. It’s quite the cluster f*ck at times. I don’t know about other moms but for me personally, I pretty much always feel like I’m failing. I don’t do enough, I’m not firm enough, I’m too mean, I’m too lax, […]

It was during the second meeting of developmental language group that I realized another layer of complexity because of Nathaniel’s inability to produce any audible noise with this vocal cords. He can’t scream. He can’t scream to protect himself from others or get help. Nathaniel was playing quietly at the water tub when a playmate […]

Like every mum, I was terrified when my baby started full-time school. Even as I dressed her in her shirt and tie I wondered again if mainstream was going to be the right place for her. I had more reason than most to worry as she left that day still unable to dress herself and […]